This yr, for the primary time, the house owners are requested to proceed with the necessary declaration of the cleansing of their plots after the institution of the “Preventive Property Hearth Safety Measures Compliance Register”. The Nationwide Register of Adherence to Preventive Hearth Safety Measures for Properties, which was a regulation of the invoice of the Ministry of Local weather Disaster and Civil Safety, goals to document the obligations of residents through the fireplace season and the observance of preventive fireplace safety measures. The reasoning behind the institution of the registry was to hold out “sensible” checks, in addition to to make residents conscious of the necessity and obligation to scrub their plots yearly as a safety measure for the hearth season.
Because of this, the Ministry of Digital Governance created a particular digital platform with the title “Gross Plots” on the e-mail tackle akatharista.apps.gov.gr. Though the ultimate date for declaration of cleansing of the plots was exceptionally for the primary yr of operation of the register Might thirty first, the Ministry of Local weather Disaster and Civil Safety determined to increase it till June thirtieth. On the identical time, the clearing of the plots and uncovered areas ought to have been accomplished by April 30, whereas the platform was made out there to the general public this week, which has introduced the plot house owners to face many difficulties and delays. On the identical time, the house owners additionally react to the tough fines which have been set in case of non-compliance, which quantity to 1,000 to 54,000 euros, whereas they’re additionally threatened with two years in jail.
Via the platform, residents will have the ability to submit an software for the cleansing of their plot, in addition to proceed with a grievance about gross plots. On the identical time, by means of the platform, the municipalities will have the ability to register the inspections they’ve carried out in addition to the plots of land to be inspected by them.
Homeowners’ obligations
In response to the no. 20/2024 Hearth Regulation “Definition of preventive fireplace safety measures for residences and different uncovered areas situated in areas inside permitted land-use plans, inside the boundaries of settlements with out an permitted land-use plan, in areas situated inside a radius of 100 m from the boundaries of the above areas, in addition to in unplanned fields with buildings” which was issued at the start of Might, determines the duty of the house owners, prefectures, usufructuary, tenants or sub-tenants of plots of land and different uncovered areas situated in:
(a) areas inside permitted zoning plans;
(b) areas inside settlement boundaries with out an permitted city plan,
(c) lands situated inside a radius of 100 m from the boundaries of the above c. (a) and (b), after informing the competent forestry service and
(d) off-plan pitches with buildings, for the areas not topic to the provisions of the forestry laws, in accordance with the forest map of the realm and after informing the competent forestry service,
for the cleansing of the above premises through the interval from April 1st to thirtieth of every yr and their upkeep all through the hearth season, i.e. from Might 1st to October thirty first, to forestall the chance of fireside or its speedy unfold .
Landscaped, maintained gardens or planted surfaces of uncovered areas of buildings, condo buildings, and so forth. are excluded from this obligation. of the areas and lands talked about above.
Relating to the cleansing course of, this contains the next:
– Logging and elimination of dry and damaged bushes and branches, in addition to branches which are in direct contact with buildings.
– Elimination of the flamable plant materials on the floor of the bottom similar to leaf litter, dry grasses and underlying dry branches.
– Branching of the bottom of the tree crown and rising its beginning peak from the bottom floor, relying on the age and species of the tree.
– Thinning of shrubby vegetation when it comes to floor cowl.
– Elimination of every other deserted burning, flammable, explosive or flamable supplies, objects and waste.
– Secure assortment and transport of all cleansing residues.
Within the meantime, the duties of the municipalities are additionally elevated as, amongst different issues and as stipulated by the related fire-fighting provision, they should proceed with informing the liable events, in finishing up common or extraordinary inspections in addition to in finishing up cleansing of the plot, post-mortem in addition to in an emergency ex officio cleansing.
As well as, among the many duties of the Hearth Companies, is the notification by any applicable technique of the related municipality, the finishing up of an post-mortem on the request of the related municipality and the certification of the competent Hearth Service in pressing instances of rapid and notably excessive danger of inflicting or speedy unfold of fireside.
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